Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to dispel doubts; to remove ambiguities
- to chase; to pursue vigorously
- tomb (of king or emperor)
- (area where) vegetation grows; the common people
- without missing a word
- personal; oneself
- sword hilt
- highlight; bright spot
- to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one
- to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
- to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK
- suffering
- steel knife; sword
- to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- vicious; ruthless; malevolent
- harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
- annoyed; riled; vexed
- to regard as unimportant; to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc); (of an economy or a market) to slacken
- feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
- (idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
- loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)
- (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
- from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb
- to advance by leaps and bounds
- sincere; honest; cordial
- lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
- meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes